A 50-Year Case to Celebrate 50 Episodes!
Episode description
This week, Kate covers the case of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph. Maria was taken off of the street by a stranger in the 1950s. This case was presumed to be solved not once, but TWICE, with the convictions being overturned both times.
Twice solved, but never closed, this case is as cold as ever.
Sources:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore,_Illinois
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Maria_Ridulph
3) https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/08/us/oldest-cold-case/ch3.html
4) https://www.ranker.com/list/maria-ridulph-case/amandasedlakhevener
5) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-ridulph-murder-will-the-nations-oldest-cold-case-to-go-to-trial-ever-get-solved/
6) https://www.wcbu.org/tags/maria-ridulph
7) https://militaryjusticeforall.com/1957/12/03/cold-case-maria-ridolph-of-illinois-reported-missing-and-months-later-fatally-stabbed-air-force-veteran-john-tessier-wrongfully-convicted-of-homicide-1957/
8) https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/us/maria-ridulphs-killer-gets-life-55-years-after-her-death.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes
9) https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-jack-mccullough-1957-sycamore-murder-hearing-20160422-story.html
10)https://web.archive.org/web/20130311143836/http://www.thonline.com/news/iowa-illinois-wisconsin/article_be60ade4-46f0-534c-8971-747f696dcbae.html
11) https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/
12) https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2012-09-11/half-sisters-testify-for-prosecution-in-trials-second-day
13) https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/17/us/jack-mccullough-freed-exclusive-interview/